Media Coverage Contributes To Violence

The rash of innocent people killed in killing frenzies is tragic. I can't help but think that these tragedies are aided and abetted by the way they are reported by the news media.

These killings are the senseless acts of warped minds. Newspapers appear to use these killings for sensational headlines on the front page, such as The Courant's Aug. 14 headline, ``Mother Rages At Son's Killer.''

Doesn't this kind of coverage invite more acts of a similar kind?

How about some news on the front page reporting events happening in the nation and the world, not focused on killings?